Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1966

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1966 were Lisa for girls (81 babies) and Michael for boys (122). Social Security records list 3,903 babies born in Wyoming in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1966

Names given at least 15 times in Wyoming that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shannon: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cindy: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Terri: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Connie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenda: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lori: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Andrea: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Julie: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephanie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kim: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Mike: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Troy: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Todd: 35 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	81	–	1
2	Mary	48	–	3
3	Michelle	47	↑6	4
4	Brenda	37	–	25
5	Julie	37	↑3	13
6	Lori	35	↑28	21
7	Kimberly	33	↓1	2
8	Linda	32	↑4	18
9	Cynthia	30	↑36	11
10	Karen	30	↓5	5
11	Dawn	26	↑5	24
12	Tammy	26	↑10	8
13	Kelly	23	↓2	26
14	Laura	23	↑24	19
15	Stephanie	23	↑28	38
16	Tracy	23	↑12	31
17	Donna	22	new	12
18	Cindy	21	↓4	56
19	Elizabeth	21	–	16
20	Sandra	21	↑7	17
21	Angela	20	↑16	9
22	Jennifer	20	↑3	10
23	Kim	20	↑9	43
24	Robin	20	↓11	42
25	Shannon	20	new	>100
26	Deborah	19	↑4	14
27	Patricia	19	↓12	7
28	Rhonda	19	↑7	39
29	Susan	19	↓26	6
30	Tina	19	↓20	23
31	Amy	18	↓10	30
32	Pamela	18	↓6	15
33	Andrea	17	new	52
34	Wendy	17	↓27	41
35	Cheryl	16	↓17	34
36	Paula	16	↑3	50
37	Rebecca	16	↓17	40
38	Theresa	16	new	46
39	Barbara	15	↓10	27
40	Christine	15	↓17	20
41	Connie	15	↓17	70
42	Margaret	15	new	55
43	Melissa	15	new	22
44	Michele	15	↓8	36
45	Sharon	15	↑2	28
46	Terri	15	new	72
47	Ann	14	new	61
48	Debra	14	↓6	35
49	Teresa	14	↓5	29
50	Anna	13	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	122	–	1
2	James	97	↑3	3
3	David	95	↑1	2
4	John	88	↓2	4
5	Robert	75	↓2	5
6	Richard	57	↑1	8
7	Brian	54	↑10	14
8	William	50	–	6
9	Scott	45	↑2	16
10	Paul	42	↑2	18
11	Steven	42	↑2	13
12	Kevin	41	↓3	17
13	Mark	38	↓7	7
14	Daniel	35	↑2	19
15	Todd	35	↑6	29
16	Thomas	33	↓6	10
17	Timothy	32	↑2	11
18	Ronald	31	↑5	24
19	Jeffrey	30	↓5	9
20	Troy	26	↑4	48
21	Charles	25	↓1	20
22	Eric	25	↑10	25
23	Kenneth	25	↓8	21
24	Patrick	25	↑11	31
25	Donald	24	↑3	27
26	Joseph	24	↓8	15
27	Christopher	22	–	12
28	Douglas	22	↓3	33
29	Matthew	22	↑2	34
30	Gary	21	↓8	28
31	Gregory	21	↓1	23
32	Mike	20	↑1	69
33	Jerry	19	↑7	41
34	Randy	19	↑7	45
35	Shawn	18	↑7	54
36	Dennis	17	new	44
37	Kelly	17	new	>100
38	Anthony	16	↓1	22
39	Stephen	16	↓13	26
40	Craig	15	↑9	46
41	Frank	15	↓3	43
42	George	15	↑5	37
43	Larry	15	new	38
44	Dean	14	new	84
45	Randall	13	new	70
46	Tom	13	new	>100
47	Bill	12	new	>100
48	Brad	12	new	>100
49	Edward	12	↓3	30
50	Jon	12	new	76

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